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Romania remains a centre for cybercrime in Eastern Europe, despite the best efforts of the police to crack these networks.* Several cyber-crime cases dismantled by Romanian police in cooperation with international law enforcement show that the...

Romania’s arms exports increased by 20 per cent in 2017, according to official statistics, but the country still lags behind some of its neighbours. Romania’s arms exports increased in 2017 compared to the year before, according...

South African anti-apartheid campaigner and former wife of Nelson Mandela became mired in controversy Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, a hero of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africabut also one of its most controversial figures, has died aged 81. The...

The Egyptian president, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, has swept to a landslide victory after an election in which his only challenger was a supporter of his rule. Results announced on Monday afternoon gave Sisi 97.08% of valid votes on...

The Swedish music-streaming platform Spotify goes public on Tuesday, following in the footsteps of fellow “unicorns” Dropbox and Zscaler. The stock market is healthy and the timing seems good, but what are the risks? Drew Houston...

Air France staff are striking in the hope of salary increases. Unions want the airline to share its 2017 financial success, but management says more pay raises aren’t possible. Air France staff on Friday went on...

Around 100 kilometers south of Berlin is an area of land characterized by a labyrinth of more than 200 small canals and the Sorbs, a Slavic minority whose Easter traditions run deep. Tamsin Walker went to...

Should the children of foreign IS fighters in Iraq and Syria be allowed to return home? Security agencies are alarmed, but aid workers say they’re no danger if they get proper support. Judit Neurink reports from...

The Russian Foreign Ministry has summoned the heads of diplomatic missions from 23 countries to say how many of their officials are to leave Moscow following the UK spy poisoning. Four German diplomats are to go...

Barclays has agreed a $2bn (£1.4bn) settlement with the US justice department over the sale of mortgage-backed securities in the lead-up to the 2008 financial crisis. The settlement follows a three-year investigation into allegations that the bank...